Eyewitnesses told police that the driver involved was traveling north when he lost control of his vehicle and swerved into oncoming traffic before crashing into a large rock on the side of the road.

Police said that the operator smelled of alcohol and was stumbling around the vehicle and trying to steady himself. The operator also had “extremely” glassy eyes and was slurring his words heavily while talking to officers, police said.

When police asked the man for his license and registration, the driver was non-compliant. When the driver was asked to put his hands behind his back so police could pat him down, police said the individual kept trying to pull away from the officers, wiggling his arms free and stuffing his hands into his pockets as if trying to grab something.

When police attempted to look at the driver’s phone, the individual slapped the phone out of the officer’s hand, at which point he was promptly placed in handcuffs, placed inside of the cop cruiser and police began to search his car for signs of identification.

Though no identification, registration or insurance was found in the car, police did find a black-handled kitchen knife with a 7.5-inch blade and a 24-pack of Corona with only 10 full bottles, three empties and 11 beers unaccounted for. Police also found a miniature bottle of brandy.

As officers were bagging the items found in the vehicle as evidence, police said the driver began to kicking and banging his head against the police cruiser’s rear door with enough force to shake the entire vehicle. The man then began to call the arresting officer the N-word.

The arrested party, who police were still unable to identify at this point, continued his antics back at police headquarters, where he continued to rant and yell expletives, Sgt. Sofia Gulino, a police spokesperson, said.

The suspect also refused to answer any of the officers’ questions, repeatedly interrupted the telling of his Miranda rights, denied his right to an attorney and refused to submit to a breath test or to be fingerprinted.

Eventually, police learned that the man was 29-year-old Jose Benitez, of Bridgeport, who had a permanently suspended driver’s license.

Benitez was charged with carrying a dangerous weapon, illegal possession of a weapon in a motor vehicle, resisting arrest, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence, operating a motor vehicle while under suspension, failure to comply with fingerprinting requirements, evasion of responsibility, failure to drive in the proper lane and failure to carry registration or an insurance card.

He was held on a $25,000 bond, and he is expected in court Oct. 20.

The 29-year-old was later transported to Bridgeport on a warrant stemming from a May 15, 2015 incident in which he was charged with first-degree criminal mischief and second-degree breach of peace.